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Weekly Update: Screenings for 5/2 – 5/8

Welcome to the first official Weekly Update of the new and improved LArevivalist format! I’m really excited about the launch, as I know it will provide the best, most in-depth, and interesting coverage of SoCal area screenings anywhere on the web. So, let’s talk about the week of May 2nd (my birthday) through May 8th. … Continue reading

ESSAY – The Auteur Who Wore Rags: Laconian Orders of Mental Functioning in Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive can be read as a David Lynch pop-psych parable; a cautionary tale that is also a tour of Lacanian psychoanalysis. In this reading, the plot of the famously obtuse movie hinges upon all three Orders of mental functioning: the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real. By crafting a narrative that puts these hidden … Continue reading